Fruit-jar holder.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC HENRY W. BOGART, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FRU lT-JAR HO LDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,980, dated March 31, 1903. Application filed March 27, 19021 Serial a. 100,244. (No model.)

ing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In placing the tops on fruit-jars or similar receptacles it is necessary to hold the jar while the cover is being placed upon it. This is often inconvenient, because the jar is frequently quite hot from the preserves which have been poured into it, and for this reason a device which would not necessitate the operators placing his hands upon-the jar would be desirable. Devices have been produced for this purpose comprising an encircling band with a handle; but they usually depend upon the movement of the handle to tighten the band, a mode of operation which has its disadvantages. Many of these devices, too, are adapted to only one size of .jar or can be applied to different sizes only within very narrow limits. V p

The object of this invention is to provide a device of the general class described which shall be adapted to operate upon jars of different sizes with the same efficiency and to so construct the device that the tightening of theencircling band is in no way dependent upon the movement of the operating-handle.

A further object isto adapt the handle and the method of its attachment to the band so that a force acting on the handle has a tendency simply to twist the device without distorting the bando'r changing the substantial uniformity of its pressure about the periphery of the jar.

The invention consists in a certain combination and construction of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and definitely set forth in the claims.

In the drawings which fully illustrate my invention, Figure 1 represents the same in perspective. Fig. 2 representsa portion of the device in perspective.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents a band, preferably made of a flexible strip of metal, such as soft steel or brass. Its

inner portion is shaped substantially in the are of a circle and is preferably provided, as indicated, with an outward offset a, wherefore shoulders a are produced, between which is mounted. an elastic shoe or grip B. This grip is preferably formed of rubber and is adapted to project slightly into the space surrounded by the band. It is preferably scored or roughened upon its inner face I; for a purpose which'will'appear.

An operating-handle 0, preferably made of pressed steel, which comprises forks or branches 0 c, is provided and formed substantially as shown. Near their upper end these forks bend outwardly, as shown at 0 and beyond this point'they bend inwardly again,as shown, respectively, at c and 0 The directionofthese portions 0 c is such that they may be attached substantially tangentially to the aforesaid band A. The portion 0 however, is provided with an inward olfset portion of", by which it is attached to the inner extremity of the band and forming a shoulder c". Extending back from this shoulder the portion 0 is provided with an offset portion 0 which is substantially in the same plane as the portion 0 and is integral with the handle. Thisportion c ,as indicated in Fig. 2, is pressed out of the portion 0 so that the recess or guidec is formed,-in which 3 is guided a longitudinally-movable draw-bar D. I This draW-baris provided near its inner extremity with an outwardly-projecting pin d, which projects through a slot 6, formed in a small tightening-lever E. This lever is pivoted to the portion a at the point e. The slot 6 is curved substantially in the arc of a circle and eccentric to the pivot-point 6', so that if this lever be depressed at e the drawbar D will be drawn inward by the eccentricity of the aforesaid slot 6.

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around the jar so that the rubber grip B The extremity of the draw-bar D is provided'wit-h an upwardlyextending tip (1 for a purpose which will ap- I rests against its side and one of the holes a is made to engage with the aforesaid tip 01. The lever E then being operated and moved.

to the depressed position, the withdrawal or inward movement of the draw-bar D causes the band to be tightened securely about the jar. There is, however, a certain elasticity about the manner in which the band grasps the jar, due to the presence of the rubber grip or shoe B, which it will be remembered projects inward beyond the inner face of the band. The arrangement of the slot 6 with respect to the pivot of the lever is such that it maintains its position wherever placed. After the operation outlined above has been completed the jar is ready to be filled and to receive its cover, and the handle 0 affords means for effectually preventing any rotation of the jar when the cover is being placed upon it.

While the device described is expected to be most useful as a means for holding the jar itself when the cover is being removed or replaced, it is evidently equally well adapted for attaching itself to the cover, and where it is necessary to use considerable force in screwing the cover into place two devices of this kind can be used, or one of these can be used in connection with any of the forms of fruit-jar wrenches commonly used for a similar purpose, but which operate upon the cover.

As there are a plurality of the openings G the device will evidently adaptitself tojars of different sizes, which is most advantageous.

What I claim is l. Ina device of the class described, in combination, a band of flexible materialadapted to encircle a receptacle, a handle secured thereto, a draw-bar movable longitudinally with respect to said band, means whereby said draw-bar and said band may engage, and means for moving said draw-bar, substantially as set forth.

2. In adevice of the class described, in combination, a band of flexible material adapted to encircle a receptacle, a handle secured thereto, a draw-bar movable longitudinally with respect to said band, said draw-bar having a projection, and said band having openings adapted to receive said projections, and a lever adapted to move. said draw-bar with respect to said band, substantially as set forth.

3. In a device of the class described in combination, a band of flexible material adapted to encircle a receptacle, ahandle having forks attached thereto, one of said forks having a longitudinal guide therein, a member movably mounted within said guide, a lever adapted to move said member within said guide,

said member having a projection at its tip and said band having openings near its extremity adapted to receive said projection, substantially as set forth.

4. In adevice of the class described, in combination, a band of flexible material adapted to encircle a receptacle, a handle having diverging forks attached to said band, a drawbar, means for guiding the same longitudinally with respect to said band, a lever having an opening eccentric with respect to the pivot thereof, a member carried by said drawbar and lying within said'openingand means whereby said draw-bar may engage said band, substantially as set forth.

5. In a device of the class described, in combination, a flexible band adapted to encircle clin'ed with respect to its pivot-point, whereforea movement of said lever may move said draw-bar, substantially asset forth.

6. In adevice of the class described, in combination, a flexible band adapted to encircle a receptacle, a draw-bar, means for guiding the same longitudinally with respect to said band, a lever having an opening eccentric with respect to the pivot thereof, means whereby said opening may engage said drawbar and means whereby said draw-bar may engage said band, substantially as set forth.

7. In a device of the class described, in combination, a flexible band, ahandle having forks, one of said forks having an offset portion wherefore a guide is formed within it, a member movably carried in said guide, means whereby said member may engage said band, and a lever controlling the movement of said movable member, substantially as set forth.

8. In adevice of the class described, in combination, a flexible band, a handle having forks attached substantially tangentially to said band, a grip of elastic material carried on the inner face of said hand, one of said forks having an offset portion wherefore a guide is formed within the same, a movable member mounted within said guide, said member having an outward projection, said band havi ng openings adapted to engage with said projection, a lever pivoted to said handle and connected with said member wherefore a depression of said lever may move the same, substantially as set forth.

9. In a device of the class described, in combination, a flexible metallic band adapted to encircle a receptacle, a handle having forks attached to said band at substantially opposite points, a grip of elastic material carried by the inner face of said hand between the points of attachment of said handle, a drawbar, means for longitudinally guiding the same upon one of said forks, said draw-bar having an outer projection, said band having a plurality of openings which may engage with said projection, a lever pivoted to one of said forks and havingan openingeccentric with respect to said pivot, and a fixed pin carried by said draw-bar and passing through said opening, substantially as set forth.

10. In a device of the class described,in combination, a flexible metallic band adapted to encircle a receptacle, a handle having forks, one of which is attached to said band at one extremity thereof, the other of said forks being attached at a point substantially oppo site, a grip of elastic material carried by the inner face of said hand, between the point of attachment of said forks, a longitudinal extremity thereof, said'draw-bar having a opening formed within one of said forks and Y movement of said draw-bar, wherefore said constituting a guide, a draw-bar movably parts may maintain themselves in a locked Y mounted therein, a'lever pivoted to said fork, positionwhen said band has been tightened adjacent to said draw-bar and having an openabout the receptacle, substantially as set [5 ing eccentric with respect to the pivot thereforth.

of, a fixed pin carried by said draw-bar and In testimony whereof I affix my signature passing through said opening near the other in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY W. BOGART. WVitnesses:

F. D. AMMEN, E; L. PARDEE.

projection adapted to engage any of said openings, the pivot-point of said lever being in 1 substantial alinement With the direction of I 

